Chemicals That Give Life and Chemicals That Kill

The human organism is a wild and wonderful place - we are a veritable chemical soup of minerals, acids, electrolytes, proteins, and fats. (well, proteins and fats are acids…) This does lead to a whole lot of confusion though, and sometimes outright deception by those who would have us believe that such-and-such spooky-sounding chemical must [...]

Some days it’s just hard to not take things personally!

Today was one of those days.
First, we were notified that despite our best efforts we are the victim of a several hundred dollar fraudulent order. We’ll report it to the police, but it is unlikely to do any good - we are out the money and the products, and worse, there is someone else out [...]

No Matter What It’s Called, Sugar Is Still Sugar!

Folks, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck - right?
It seems that lots of folks have a real hard time understanding that no matter what it is called, sugar is sugar.
Ron, who asked about what diet to try in a recent letter [...]

"Shorts" from This Month’s Conventional Medicine News

I get a summary of major world medical "breakthroughs" and reports of medical study findings on a daily basis. Here are recent "findings" from conventional medical journals that may be of interest or humor to you.
Aren’t you glad I read all of these medical reports so you don’t have to?!
1.) "Keeping Active, Not Smoking Can [...]

Vitamin D Deficiency Can Be Deadly

Of note in this morning’s new headlines was this from Associated Press: Lack of sunshine vitamin may cloud survival odds which leads off by saying "New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin’s role in good health." and continues to say: [...]

He Told The Therapist: "I Fish On Fridays"

A husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of marriage.
When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.
She went on and on and on: describing neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved [...]

Boost Your Metabolism With Coconut Oil

Here’s an easy way to boost your metabolism without exercise or stimulants. It’s as simple as adding a delicious food to your diet.
Certain foods increase metabolism. The most potent of these is protein, which boosts metabolic rate in a process known as the Thermogenic Effect of Food (TEF). Eating more protein and less carbs gives [...]

Is Nutrasweet (Aspartame) Safe?

One of our readers wrote the following to General Mills:
"I was enjoying your Fiber One until I read the ingredients. Why do you put Aspartame in the cereal? The FDA may say it’s safe, but check the studies that have been done and how this is harmful to the body. People being diagnosed with MS [...]

The Most Dangerous Food

This just in today from Medscape.
Do you know what the most dangerous food — an entire category — is considered to be, based on the number of people affected?
Meat you say? After all, E.coli has killed more than a few people over the years, especially in cheap hamburger from sleazy fast-food joints.
But alas, [...]

Help! I Don’t Want To Get Old!

I’m Getting a little older, I’m under lots of stress and work long hours, I’m packing on a little weight, and I want to get back to being lean and healthy. How can do it?
Wow! If I had a nickel for every time we have heard some variation of this question… Here is a note [...]